A bad port causing packet loss — and a seascape

The DSL connection here in N.C. is plagued by "packet loss" and "a bad port" at the central switching station a few miles from where my mother lives. In other words, we are dead in the water, or nearly. I just managed, despite the slow, spotty connection, to upload four photos that I took yesterday afternoon. It took about 20 minutes.

"Dead in the water" is an appropriate metaphor because this is a water view that I took from the eastern end of the Bogue Banks barrier island. In it, on the horizon, you can see the lighthouse out at Cape Lookout, 10 miles distant. This photo and the ones I'll be posting over the next few days will give you a flavor of the environment here in the Morehead City, N.C., area.

I've prepared and will post a few more such blog "postcards", because the tech support rep at the phone company said not to expect the DSL line to be repaired before late Monday afternoon. By the way, today is my mother's birthday. I won't give away her age.